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Saturday, April 8, 2006

The song in my head this rainy, cold Saturday morning (not pictured) is a sad one....

I'll Slow You Downby Warren Zevon

This song just really resonates with me right now for some reason. It's from his album "Life'll Kill Ya." I've always liked Warren Zevon's songs, and have played many of them over the years. I heard it on Pandora, remembered it fondly, and had to have it. Hello ITunes Store. Guess Steve Jobs will be able to make his yacht payment this month....

If you are not familiar with Mr. Zevon's music, you surely must know his big hit, Werewolves of London. If you do not know this song, or you have never heard it, please seek immediate professional help.

Ah, Warren Zevon - Just the name brings back college, when I moved from easy listening/mainstream and folk music to the "hard stuff." Two of my favorite albums of the '80's were Excitable Boy and Meat Loaf's Bat out of Hell. (Trust me, this was rough for delicate lil' me!)

The title cuts of both shocked my mother, and isn't this the point of college and rock 'n roll?

Kathi (who thanks you for opening up your comments section to non-Bloggers)

Hey NY: Yes please send some clouds, blue skies, and some of those natural lakes. We utterly lack natural lakes here in SE Ohio--never got visited by any glaciers back in the day.

Kathi: Excitable Boy was a great one! I never got on the Meatloaf bandwagon--at least not untiul Rocky Horror Picture Show.The idea for opening up to anonymous comments was given to me by a friend and fellow blogger. I'm glad I did. Thx for your comments.

About Bill

Bill of the Birds

Bill Thompson III is the editor of Bird Watcher's Digest by day. He's also a keen birder, the author of many books, a dad, a field trip leader, an ecotourism consultant, a guitar player, the host of the "This Birding Life" podcast, a regular speaker/performer on the birding festival circuit, a gentleman farmer, and a fungi to be around. His North American life list is somewhere between 673 and 675. His favorite bird is the red-headed woodpecker. His "spark bird" was a snowy owl. He has watched birds in 25 countries and 44 states. But his favorite place to watch birds is on the 80-acre farm he shares with his wife, artist/writer Julie Zickefoose. Some kind person once called Bill "The Pied Piper of Birding" and he has been trying to live up to that moniker ever since.